The University of Pennsylvania Transportation Systems Engineering
(TSE) program was founded in 1967 by Dr. Vukan R. Vuchic (pictured
right). In May 1997 a cooperative effort among alumni, faculty,
and administrators culminated in the first ever Reunion and
30 Year Commemoration of the Transportation System Engineering
and Logistics Program at Penn. Following the TSE 30 Reunion,
Dr. Vuchic and several alumni formed the Transportation Systems
Engineering Alumni Club (TSEAC). TSEAC exists to develop and
maintain a strong network of alumni from the University of Pennsylvania's
Transportation Systems Engineering Program. TSEAC strives to
establish contacts between TSE alumni, perpetuate the alumni
network, advance the TSE program at Penn, and promote alumni
profesional development. More recently, the 35 year commemoration
(TSE35) was held.

William Penn Foundation sponsored conference on Innovative
Transportation Improvements in Communities in the Philadelphia
Region; 25 September 1998.

Other Events

Field Trips

Field trips for transportation majors include visits to SEPTA
and PATCO facilities and lines, the Philadelphia International
Airport, PennDOT Highway Department and other installations.

A special biannual one-day trip is organized for the students
with some faculty and students from the University of Delaware
and other institutions. Starting at 7 am from Philadelphia by
SEPTA and NJT Regional Rail lines to Newark’s Pennsylvania
Station, the group is given a tour of the station, bus terminal
and City Subway, with explanations by NJT officials. From there,
PATH trains take the group to the Harrison Yard and the Hoban Control
Center at Journal Square. The group then takes PATH to Jersey City
and NJT's Hudson-Bergen light rail line to Hoboken, where lunch is provided.
After a visit to the NJT Regional Rail Control Center, lunch and picture taking with
the Manhattan skyline, a ferryboat or PATH carries the group to the World
Trade Center. From the WTC, subway express is used to reach
207th Street Maintenance Shop of NYCTA, the second largest shop
in the 6,000 car Subway system. Following that tour, another
subway line is taken to the Port Authority Terminal at 42nd
Street, one of two largest bus terminals in the world (competing
with Haifa). The director and officials of the Terminal give
explanations and a guided tour during the Friday afternoon peak
hour. After a 10-min walk, transportation students and professors
board the NJT train to Trenton, then the NJT River Line regional light rail line to Camden,
where they have the option of either taking PATCO or an NJT bus back to Center City Philadelphia.
SEPTA's Market-Frankford Subway-Elevated line is then taken back to University City, arriving after 9 pm.